[Announcer] From the STCU performance space at KSPS PBS, its Inland Sessions.

With renditions of blues that remind you of days passed, Its The Sara Brown Band.

Their upbeat, smokey sound and elegant dress bring a little Roaring 20s to the modern day.

The Sara Brown Band, Right now, on Inland Sessions.

[Sara Brown] So, our first song that we're going to be playing is called Payin Dues.

And Jesse Brown wrote this song, and recently we just made a music video in Spokane, Washington, for this song.

So we're super excited for you guys to see the music video.

A lot of great players played on this piece and we're excited to share it with everybody.

[Drummer counts in] [ ”Payin Dues ” performed by The Sara Brown Band] [ ”Payin Dues ” performed by The Sara Brown Band] Stop there and ask yourself are you really gonna stand in my way Ive got a new direction and Im going there today You say you got a new agenda it's got nothing to do with me I believe you will figure it out when you see me breaking free Now its time to go, I hope you choose to see me out that door Goodbye to my excuse to wear these heavy prison shoes Im feeling lighter than a criminal whos finished paying dues [ ”Payin Dues ” performed by The Sara Brown Band] I aint trying to please no one Im just doing it the way I should I gotta get back to where I was Im going back to where I once stood You say youve got a new agenda its got nothing to do with me Well, I believe youll figure it out when you see me breaking free Now its time to go, hope you choose to see me out that door Goodbye to my excuse to wear these heavy prison shoes I'm feeling lighter than a criminal whos finished paying dues [ ”Payin Dues ” performed by The Sara Brown Band] Im on my way home Im taking a chance I never did before [ ”Payin Dues ” performed by The Sara Brown Band] I can't believe how good it feels quit hanging around here all day I believe theres gonna be a change in the way I pray Dont need you to tell me how it is and thats for sure Everybodys got to find out what theyre living for Now its time to go, hope you choose to see me out that door And goodbye to my excuse to wear these heavy prison shoes Im feeling lighter than a criminal whos finished paying dues And goodbye to well my excuse to wear these heavy prison shoes And Im feeling lighter than a criminal whos finished paying dues [ ”Payin Dues ” performed by The Sara Brown Band] [Sara Brown] The name of this song is 44 and a 55, and its another one of our original tunes.

Forty-four is a really sweet gun, that you may recall from the movie Dirty Harry.

And 55 is a really sweet vintage microphone with the cage.

Very, very cool.

So that's what the song's about.

[Drummer counts in] [ ”44 & ‘55 ” performed by The Sara Brown Band] [ ”44 & ‘55 ” performed by The Sara Brown Band] Dont need no smooth man Dont need no bed tan Dont need no hate mail Dont need no bond for bail Dont need no Jumpin Jack Flash Dont want your petty cash Dont need no talkin jive I want a .44 and a ‘55 It's what I want It's what I want [ ”44 & ‘55 ” performed by The Sara Brown Band] Dont want no limousine I ain't gonna be a queen I don't want no Wall Street stocks I ain't gonna be your Goldilocks I don't want your record deal I ain't gonna make you squeal I don't want to see you live I wanna a .44 and a ‘55 And that's what I want Its what I want Well, its what I want What I want Yeah, Yeah Its what I want Well, its what I want [ ”44 & ‘55 ” performed by The Sara Brown Band] I don't want to shine your shoes I ain't gonna spend your new I don't wanna make your bed I ain't gonna bake your bread I dont want no cocaine no methamphetamine Don't need no buzzin hive I want a .44 and a ‘55 It's what I want Hey, it's what I want well, it what I want Its what I want Yeah, Yeah Well, heres what I want Well, heres what I want Hey, Hey [ ”44 & .55 ” performed by The Sara Brown Band] Dont need no smooth man I dont need no bed tan I dont need your hate mail I dont need your bond for bail I don't want your Jumpin Jack Flash I dont want your petty cash Dont want to see you live I want a .44 and a ‘55 Well, thats what I want Its what I want Well, its what I want Its what I want Yeah, yeah Well, here's what I want Well, here's what I want Hey, Hey [ ”44 and ‘55 ” performed by The Sara Brown Band] Hello, I'm Jesse Brown, and Sara and I write a lot of these songs together, and she commissions me to write songs for her to sing.

And that's, that's always a challenge.

And this next one's a bit of a heartbreaker, Um, although it's entirely untrue.

So.

So hopefully you enjoy it.

[Drummer counts in] [ ”Love I Sold ” performed by The Sara Brown Band] [ ”Love I Sold ” performed by The Sara Brown Band] All that is gold will not glitter for me The love that I sold cannot be retrieved Please, hear me speak wont you listen once more my knees are weak as I knock on your door I tore apart our home I left you crying Now all I can do is roam I feel like dying [ ”Love I Sold ” performed by The Sara Brown Band] Remember when we had such happy dreams But those rich men, how they sparkle and they gleam A favor or two it turned into a storm And your heart was true keeping our children warm I tore apart our home And I left you crying Now all I can do is roam I feel like dying [ ”Love I Sold ” Performed by The Sara Brown Band] I can't go on like Judas with a smile Well, it's been so long and Ive missed you all the while Like Judas with a smile Its been so long Ive missed you all the while I tore apart our home I left you crying Now all I can do is roam I feel like dying [ ”Love I Sold ” performed by The Sara Brown Band] I tore it apart our home I tore it apart I tore it apart our home Said I tore it apart Said I tore it apart Yeah, I tore it apart I tore it apart I tore it apart our home I feel like dying People, you know, they see what we're doing and they'll get kind of an idea that everything that we do with a band and music is very romantic and it is, you know, on the face of it, it's awesome.

But actually working things out is, you know, not so romantic.

It's like, it's very much like.

[Sara] Challenging.

[Jesse] You know, there's some grind to it.

You know, me coming up with ideas that I like.

And she's like, “I don't know.

I don't like.

” You know, it's like dang it.

[Sara] He's an amazing songwriter.

But sometimes working out those kinks, just figuring out if it feels weird, there's certain things that you say that sound really strange coming from a different person.

Like there's just certain things that I'm like, I wouldn't say that, and I don't want to sing that.

[Jesse] Or I wouldnt say it that way.

[Sara] Right.

So, we kind of sometimes we'll work on different, you know, verbiage and things like that just to make it sound more.

[Jesse] Less like a dude.

[Sara] Right.

Basically.

So, that I can have a feminine feel to what I'm saying instead of coming across really masculine or really sharp or something I don't mean to portray.

[Drummer counts in] [ ”Make My Day ” performed by The Sara Brown Band] [ ”Make My Day ” performed by The Sara Brown Band] Said you were home You were all alone Couldnt get to your phone I guess I should have known Tell me something good Better make it great Just make my day.

I'm packing up my things I threw away your ring Treated you like a king Gonna leave everything Tell me something good Tell me something great Just make my day Well, it better be good Well, it better be great Just make my day You know how this one goes Get to live the life you chose I'm happy now and it shows You cant play dumb ‘cause we all know Tell me something good Tell me something great Just make my day Well, it better be good Well, it better be great Just make my day Boy, make my day [ ”Make My Day ” performed by The Sara Brown Band] You know how this one goes?

Get to live the life you chose Im happier now and it shows You cant play dumb, we all know Tell me something good Better make it great Just make my day Well, it better be good Well, a better be great Just make my day Boy, make my day [Sara] The name of this song is called Top Shelf Woman.

Jesse Brown wrote this song, and when he wrote it in, first showed it to me.

I loved the way it sounded and I loved the way it felt.

But I was really embarrassed about singing it because I didn't want to sing about myself being a top shelf woman.

It just I was super embarrassed to sing the lyrics.

So the more we played it as a band and the more we got into it, we kind of changed the song to be about everybody, that was, that was coming to enjoy the music and the top shelf musicians playing the music in the top shelf, people in the room and and it just got really, really fun and full of energy and full of life.

So I loved the way the song kind of evolved.

So this is Top Shelf Woman [Drummer counts in] [ ”Top Shelf Woman ” performed by The Sara Brown Band] [ ”Top Shelf Woman ” performed by The Sara Brown Band] From the day you met me Been your top shelf woman Ive got top shelf hair Ive got top shelf shoes Sing those top shelf songs I got top shelf blues Got top shelf manners Got top shelf looks Drink top shelf liquor Rest is for the books Oh yeah, come on Oh, baby, yeah come on Im your top shelf woman Everybody knows this song Ive got top shelf love For my top shelf man I'm making him top shelf breakfast from my top shelf pan I got top shelf love for my top shelf brands Dont make no difference Who they say I am Yeah, come on Whoa, baby, come on Im your top shelf woman Everybody knows this song [ ”Top Shelf Woman ” performed by The Sara Brown Band] Top shelf on the trombone and the keys.

This is the one and the only Mr. Brent Purvis.

top shelf behind us on the drums, Mr. Brendan Cesaratto.

Top shelf on electric guitar, this is Mr. Mellad Abeid.

Top shelf on the bass and he puts up with a lot, This is Mr. Jesse Brown.

[Brent Puris] And Inland Session give it up for the most top shelf of them all, It's Mrs. Sara Brown.

[Sara] Come on Whoa, baby, yeah come on Im your top shelf woman Everybody knows this song